# marking

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #7,713

## Definitions
1. The action of marking.
2. A mark.
3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
5. Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

## Etymology
From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **martin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-martin)
- **Marvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-marvin)
- **mating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-mating)
- **marlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-marlin)
- **morning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-morning)
- **mocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-mocking)
- **martini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-martini)
- **milking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-milking)
- **masking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-masking)
- **Martina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-martina)
- **massing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-massing)
- **marrying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-marrying)
- **markings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marking-vs-markings)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marking)
- **making** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-marking)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marine-vs-marking)
- **margin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/margin-vs-marking)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marina-vs-marking)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malkin-vs-marking)
- **mankind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mankind-vs-marking)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amrking`, `makring`, `marikng`, `markign`, `markingg`, `markinng`, `markking`, `marknig`, `marrking`, `mmarking`, `mraking`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marking